Journal
MYCOLOGIA
Volume 103, Issue 4, Pages 755-763Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3852/10-287
Keywords
Diploschistes; exciple morphology; Ingvariella; molecular phylogenetics; Ostropales; Stictidaceae
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- Filogenia molecular de les Teloschistales i Ostropales. II Part (TEC Seccio Ciencies Biologiques)
- (FPU-Formacion del Profesorado Universitario, Ministerio de Educacion)
- Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life (AFTOL)
- NSF Assembling the Tree of Life (ATOL) [DEB-0228668]
- [CGL2007-66734-C03-02]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [0919455] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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: The monotypic, lichen-forming genus Ingvariella originally was segregated from Diploschistes and placed within the Thelotremataceae (Ostropales) based on aspects of exciple morphology. However, the I+ hymenium and amyloid ascus wall suggest affinities to families other than the Thelotremataceae. To assess the identity of Igvariella and to investigate its placement within the Ostropales, we inferred phylogenetic relationships of I. bispora by comparison of mtSSU rDNA and nuLSU rDNA sequences for 59 species encompassing a broad array of ostropalean fungi by means of Bayesian, maximum likelihood and weighted maximum parsimony methods. Here we report that Ingvariella is a member of the Stictidaceae, sister to the mainly saprotrophic genus Cryptodiscus. The inclusion of the first saxicolous lichen-forming fungus within this family expands the broad ecological diversity of the Stictidaceae, where saprotrophic fungi, corticicolous lichen-forming fungi and lichenized and non-lichenized conspecific taxa have been described previously. We also present new insights into the relationships among other families within the Ostropales.
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